T.J. Maxx

I’ve always liked TJ Maxx, both for their prices and for their selection of items not found in other area stores.
This is no long true. Although I am including all TJ Maxxes in this review, I am directing many of my comments to the Lebanon store in particular. They are always short-​handed. I have experienced lines of more than 6 or 7 on a regular weekday, not even a weekend or holiday. One day, the man a few places ahead of me asked if they could call additional help and the poor girl trying to keep up with it said there was no one to call. I understand all about leveraging payroll, but to what extent?
As far as prices, they’ve gone by way of the Lancaster outlets. At one time, TJ Maxx had department store quality at outlet prices. Now, many of the items they carry are priced at or more than the department store. There are two identical lamps in the Lebanon store right now, black metal and a brassy metal, desk lamps that I recently saw in another store. I looked them over, but at $ 29.99, I decided against them. Then a week or so later, I saw the exact same lamps in TJ Maxx for $ 39.99 each! Another item they are now trying to make a killing on is ladies handbags.
This past holiday season, their holiday aisle looked like it was taken straight from Big Lots, but the prices reflected JC Penneys.
Shop around, you can find better prices and won’t have to settle for seconds, which is what most of TJ Maxxes stuff is.

You need to go into a T.J. Maxx knowing it is what it is. I went in there yesterday in desperate need of a suitcase that would sustain a long distance flight that wouldn’t bankrupt me. Not only did I find exactly what I needed in a price point lower than what I was expecting but I was also taunted by shoes and purses that I couldn’t shove in said suitcase.
Don’t come into the store expecting to find exactly what you need when it comes to clothing all the time. Some days you’ll hit the jackpot other days you’ll get a good laugh. But you’ll never pay retail.

This T.J. Maxx sucks. Limited selection. Limited sizes. White trashy.